Lynchburg City, in VA County is a vibrant city with a strong political presence. The city has a number of politicians on both the state and national levels who represent the interests of the citizens. In addition to federal and state representatives, Lynchburg City also has several local political candidates who are running for office. The candidates include members from both major political parties in Virginia, as well as independent candidates. Each candidate has their own platform that speaks to the needs and concerns of citizens in Lynchburg City, making it an important opinion poll for which direction VA County will take politically in the future. Local politics in Lynchburg City are becoming increasingly important to residents, as they ensure that their voices are heard and that there is fair representation in government.
The political climate in Lynchburg City County, VA is leaning liberal.
In Lynchburg City County, VA 49.6% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 47.0% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 3.3% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, Lynchburg city county flipped Democratic, 49.6% to 47.0%.
Lynchburg city county flipped Democratic after voting Republican in the previous five Presidential elections.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Lynchburg City County, VA is leaning liberal.
Lynchburg Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Virginia is somewhat liberal.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Lynchburg City, Virginia: r R r R r d
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in Lynchburg City County, VA
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 2,293 contributions totaling $267,471 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $117 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 1,101 contributions totaling $242,547 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $220 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)